The Great Irish Famine
In Our Time: History
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The Land League in 1879
As a result of the famine, you geta very important relationship that develops. This then takes an organized political form by the end of the 18 seventies under michael davit ad we heard mayo mentioned earlieron. And this is a very important political movement which successive liberal and conservative british governments respond to. So it's very important for that from that respect. And also important in terms of the national question as well. Theless, because as time went on, he became like an accelerator. More people were dying, more people were migrating to various places, and they were just taken up with survival.
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